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[mp3] Stevie Ray Vaughan Red Rocks 6/19/85

November 8, 2008

I’ve been listening to and thinking about Stevie Ray Vaughan quite a bit lately. There was a great article in the Austin Chronicle a couple months ago about some recovered early recordings from 1978 which kicked off yet another rediscovery of SRV for me. I’ve got a few live recordings but this show is the [...]

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[mp3] Sam Bush & Jorma Kaukonen High Sierra Workshop 6-30-2000

October 27, 2007

I love it when two musicians from completely different musical backgrounds come together and play music. This performance by Sam Bush and Jorma Kaukonen from High Sierra Music Festival on June 30, 2000 could be what influenced Jorma to record Blue Country Heart which is a masterpiece of roots blues and country featuring Jorma, Sam, [...]

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[mp3] Janis & Jorma – The Typewriter Tapes

April 2, 2007

I’ve always loved the vintage aesthetic to this recording. It gives me a good sense of what it might have been like to live in San Francisco during the sixties and bear witness to all sorts of spontaneous musical events. Janis‘ heart wrenching voice is accompanied by the fingerstyle sounds of Jorma Kaukonen on the [...]

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North Mississippi Allstars on NPR

March 25, 2007

North Mississippi Allstars performed a concert from WXPN’s World Cafe in Philadelphia on Friday, March 23. NPR broadcasted the show and is offering it in streaming format on their website. North Mississippi Allstars are an amazingly talented band that borrows heavily from the Mississippi Delta Blues but also blends other styles and genres including Soul, [...]

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[mp3] Jerry Garcia – Oregon State Prison 5/5/82

February 6, 2007

I’ve been wanting to share this bootleg for a long time. The copy that my sister gave to me as a gift years ago is entitled Lonesome Prison Blues. This is Jerry Garcia playing acoustic with John Kahn on the bass in front of a small audience of inmates at the Oregon state penitentiary on [...]

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New Kings Of Leon

February 2, 2007

Kings Of Leon are streaming their first single off their new album Because Of The Times (set to be released sometime this spring) on their MySpace page. The song is called “On Call” and while its a little more down beat than most of the previous KOL stuff it remains true to their sound. Kings [...]

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Grateful Dead – Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ 11/24/1978

January 18, 2007

Wolfgang’s Vault has this little gem up for all to stream. They must’ve blown the roof off the Capitol Theater that night. This is classic Grateful Dead doing what they do best. Don’t forget to check out some of the other thousands of amazing shows up for streaming at Wolfgang’s Vault who sadly is under [...]

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New Lemonheads!

August 24, 2006

One of my favorite acts back in the day was the Lemonheads. Takes me back to my high school days of fooling around and having way too much fun. Well they’ve jumped on the comeback bandwagon and will be releasing a new album on 9-26-06. You can stream the first single from the album on [...]

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Radiodread

August 17, 2006

Found this killer reggae album that is actually a reggae version of Radiohead’s OK Computer. It features all sorts of performers including Toots and the Maytals. Some of the songs don’t really sound anything like the Radiohead originals, but they are all really cool takes on the originals. My favorite cut so far is Karma [...]

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Featured In Wired

July 25, 2006

Well I’m still a shade tree blogger but I just attained some geek bragging rights as I’m featured in the August issue of Wired Magazine! The issue is a “how to” guide featuring Steven Colbert. I was approached by wired to be their myspace “expert consultant” as a result of a really popular blog I’ve [...]

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